Just like dancing the flamenco, there are some important steps involved in linking your QuickBooks Desktop account to Flight. And just like the flamenco, taking a few minutes to get the steps right can make you successful.

Before you even begin, let's make sure the following is true:

You have access to your QuickBooks Desktop account

You are using Windows 7 or higher

You are using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer

Now do this:

On your desktop computer, open your QuickBooks for Windows company file as an Admin User.

After selecting Link you will see the following notification dialog; click Open to continue.

Click Run when the warning dialog appears:

Now you can link. If QuickBooks for Windows is not running, you will see the following dialog:

If you see the above dialog, open QuickBooks for Windows and open the company file as an Admin User. Press the Retry button to start linking.

Depending on the size of your file, linking may take several minutes. During linking, progress occurs in multiple stages, so it is possible for the progress indicator to pause before continuing.

After linking completes, a new set of cards appears in your activity feed. You're ready to take off!

Google Chrome Users

Google Chrome requires a Google Chrome extension to be installed, which creates an additional one-time step to enable linking to QuickBooks for Windows files. Once this set-up is complete, you can link to your financials by simply clicking the Link button at any time.

Navigate to your business and click Link.

The dialog below will appear:

After you click on "Click here to proceed", you will be prompted to download FinancialLink by Finagraph:

Click the Download FinancialLink Now button. The extension will appear in your browser's download tray, shown above. Run the program.

The FinancialLink software will launch and display the following dialog:

Now you need to install a Chrome Extension to continue:

Click on the blue link that's in the dialog box, shown above. This will open a new tab in your Google Chrome browser, and display the FinancialLink Launcher in the Google Play store.

Click Add to Chrome in the upper right, and then the Add extension button:

Go back to your Flight app tab in your browser window. You'll see the following screen:

Click Link. The dialog will close and linking will start.

Depending on the size of your file, linking may take several minutes. During linking, progress occurs in multiple stages, so it is possible for the progress indicator to pause before continuing.

After linking completes, a new set of cards appears in your activity feed. You're ready to take off!